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A year of fruit and veg in Scottish Field

February 4, 2019 Angus Soft Fruits, apples, Bartlett, blackberries, Blochairn, Blochairn Fruit Market, brussel sprouts, carrots, Climate Change, cookery, countryside, eating, environment, ethics, Farming, Food, Food education, food photography, food technology, food waste, Food writing, foraging, Fruit, fruit&veg, future of food, Glasgow, Intelligent Growth Solutions, James Hutton Institute, organic, peas, potatoes, scotland, scottish field, Uncategorized, Veg, vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian, wildlife Comments Off

Workers at Angus Soft Fruits, mostly from Eastern Europe, gather strawberries from dawn on a farm by the sea. © Angus Blackburn, Scottish Field

Over the past year, in a series of columns published in Scottish Field, I have explored an ethical issue about a fruit or vegetable grown in Scotland every month. It has been a privilege to meet the farmers growing our food and I hope to go into more detail about some of the challenges of feeding the world without destroying the environment in my next book. If there is a subject you would like me to explore please post comments below. Read more

Introducing the next project: Ethical fruit and vegetables

March 21, 2018 avocado, Blochairn, Blochairn Fruit Market, eating, environment, ethical herbivore, ethics, Food, Food education, Food writing, Fruit, Glasgow, scotland, scottish field, Uncategorized, Veg, vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian One comment

Louise Gray at Blochairn Fruit Market, Glasgow © Angus Blackburn, Scottish Field

Louise Gray investigating fruit and veg at Blochairn Fruit Market in Glasgow © Angus Blackburn, Scottish Field

I have officially started a new project, and it’s all about where our fruit and vegetables come from…. Read more

Transforming the table: How to tell the story of your lunch

July 30, 2017 animals, Books, bushcraft, butchers, Education, Food, Food Beyond the Plate, Food education, Food writing, Gastronomy, Meat, rabbit 2 comments

The dining table at Newton Walled Garden

A white linen table cloth can be as terrifying as the blank page. Both are beautiful and full of potential, but where the hell do you start to tell the story? Read more

Photo story: Plucking a goose for Christmas

December 9, 2016 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, birds, Books, butchers, chefs, Christmas, christmas dinner, countryside, eating, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, Farming, Food, geese, goose, Meat, photography, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian 2 comments

I have recently written a piece for Spectator Life on why goose are back in fashion this Christmas – following the news Theresa May favours goose over turkey. Here is a photo story about how I plucked and gutted my own goose for Christmas, making sure to save the fat for the roast potatoes – just like our Prime Minister likes them. Read more

Blowing my cover…

June 13, 2016 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, Bloomsbury, Books, eating, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, Meat, nature, nature writing, publishing, Uncategorized Comments Off

The cover of The Ethical Carnivore published by Bloomsbury September 2016

After much deliberation, The Ethical Carnivore has a cover and the build up to publication has begun. Read more

You know most of the time I’m veggie – right?

February 17, 2016 animal ethics, Climate Change, Edinburgh, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, Food, Meat, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian Comments Off

Parmigiana at Henderson’s

The best thing about only eating animals I kill myself is being vegetarian most of the time. Read more

Why eating squirrel can be the ethical option

August 28, 2015 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, chefs, cookery, Country sports, dinner party, eating, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, field sports, Food, george monbiot, Meat, nature, shooting, squirrel, Uncategorized, wildlife 3 comments

Preparing squirrel to a Nigella recipe.

In the latest update to The Ethical Carnivore project, I eat grey squirrel killed as part of a programme to protect the red population. Read more

Want to meet the farmer? Come to a dinner party in a field

June 23, 2015 animal ethics, chefs, cookery, dinner party, eating, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, Food, Uncategorized Comments Off

Enroot: A dinner party in a field with local ingredients. What’s not to like?

I was lucky enough to take part in a project recently helping to connect people with where their food comes from. Enroot, a farm-to-table pop-up restaurant, is very much in keeping with my book and was an opportunity to experience the joy of preparing and eating food sourced locally. Read more

Photos of butchers – because we probably don’t appreciate them enough

June 19, 2015 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, butchers, chefs, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, Food, Meat, Uncategorized One comment

Julian butchers a lamb at Devon County Show.

The number of butchers shops in Britain has fallen from 30,000 to under 6,000 in the last 20 years. It’s a shame because butchers should be the point of contact between you and the farmer who raised the meat on your behalf. Read more

Photos of fishermen – because we probably don’t appreciate them enough

June 17, 2015 angling, animal ethics, animal rights, devon, east lothian, eating, environment, fish, fishing, Food, overfishing, scotland, sea angling, sea fishing, seafood, Uncategorized Comments Off

Scott Jago has just started fishing. His real love is his band The Lost Boyz.

Most of the research for my book is meeting the people who catch and kill the meat and fish we eat on our behalf. I’m learning a lot from these people and since I can’t include them all in the book, here is a rolling blog (that will hopefully be updated) of just some of the characters I have met. Read more

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